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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 6h

According to some prominent news outlets if Europe does not emulate these innovative practices it will never catch up with America's current trajectory

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Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · 6h

And to reverse the 3rd scenario, I forget the number of times I've seen an abandoned construction site in Athens with a half-dug crumbling wall of something old.

Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 6h

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 6h

Nik Storonsky, the founder of Revolut, has left the UK and become tax resident in Dubai - escaping more than £3bn of UK tax.

Could we have stopped him leaving? Either with the carrot of a more competitive tax system, or the stick of an exit tax?

Some thoughts:

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump

www.theguardian.com

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Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · 7h

Earlier this week, the Greek government decided against imposing a universal lockdown to contain the spread, opting instead for stricter controls and closer coordination among all relevant authorities. www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1283...

Gov’t decides against lockdown over sheep and goat pox outbreak | eKathimerini.com

The government has decided against imposing a universal lockdown to contain the spread of sheep and goat pox, opting instead for stricter controls and closer coordination among all relevant authoritie...

www.ekathimerini.com

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Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · 7h

A sheep pox outbreak is affecting one in three livestock units in the Imathia region of northern Greece, with 37 out of 89 total units reporting cases of the disease, according to a report by public broadcaster ERT.
www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...

Sheep pox outbreak affects one in three livestock units in Imathia | eKathimerini.com

A sheep pox outbreak is affecting one in three livestock units in the Imathia region of northern Greece, with 37 out of 89 total units reporting cases of the disease, according to a report by public b...

www.ekathimerini.com

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Caroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social · 7h

EU external borders: irregular crossings fall 22% in the first 9 months of 2025

www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...

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Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · 9h

A legal challenge over a proposed crematorium in Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, is set to be heard on Nov 18. The case was filed by Crem Services SA after the municipal council canceled a preliminary permit last year, citing environmental concerns+local opposition. www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/soc...

Crematorium dispute to be heard November | eKathimerini.com

A legal challenge over a proposed crematorium in Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, is set to be heard on November 18 at the Piraeus Administrative Court of Appeal.

www.ekathimerini.com

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 1d

High-profile departures from the US - congrats to @econ.uzh.ch

Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 1d

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 1d

If the Norwegians had a sense of humour, they'd give Obama a second peace prize today.

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 2d

1. This does not target the UK

2. This is clear evidence of being inside a customs union rather than floating alone

3. It was inevitable that Trump's actions at the head of such a large economy would result in dumping elsewhere.. Europe has to be able to take action to counter that.

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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 2d

Another thing we can take from Lebanon is that while this deal may halt mass killing, smaller scale killings are likely to continue regardless.

Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 2d

One thing I learned from the Lebanon ceasefire agreement is that I'll only believe it when I see it.

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Giorgos Lialios @lialios.bsky.social · 1d

Τι να πρωτογράψει κάνεις για την υπόθεση της Ζακύνθου... Σε ποια κατάσταση έχει φτάσει το αίσχος χωρίς να ανοίγει μυτη; Πως οι ελληνικές αρχές παραπλάνησαν για μια δεκαετια τις κοινοτικες; ή οτι ακομα τρέχουμε να κλείσουμε τις χωματερές και εχουμε πληρώσει 80+ εκατομμυρια;

Χωρίς τέλος τα πρόστιμα στην Ελλάδα για τους ΧΥΤΑ

Περίπου 75 εκατ. ευρώ έχει πληρώσει την τελευταία δεκαετία η Ελλάδα σε πρόστιμα για τις χωματερές.

www.kathimerini.gr

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Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · 2d

Greece's declining water reserves have caught the attention of the government, but this attention hasn’t translated into action, partly because of fear of local authorities’ opposition to the consolidation of the municipal water and sewage companies. www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...

Waterworks stalled by delays, politics | eKathimerini.com

The country’s declining water reserves have caught the attention of the government over the past year. But the attention hasn’t translated into action, partly because of fear of local authorities’ opp...

www.ekathimerini.com

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Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · 2d

Ναι. Ίσως κάποια συνεργασία μεταξύ ιδιωτικου/δημοσίου τομέα. Υποψιάζομαι ότι θα υπάρχουν σε κάποιο συρτάρι μελέτες με ωραίες ιδέες που αγνοήθηκαν. Πάντως συμφωνώ με τον @mperedim.bsky.social ότι αν ξαναεμφανιστεί ένας ΟΕΚ θα'ναι για ψηφοθηρικούς λόγους και βολέματα.

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Giorgos Lialios @lialios.bsky.social · 2d

Ακομα μια ευρωπαϊκή διάκριση της Ελλάδας για τις λαμπρές επιδόσεις της στην προστασία του περιβάλλοντος.

«Καμπάνα» 5,5 εκατ. ευρώ στην Ελλάδα για τον ΧΥΤΑ Ζακύνθου

Η χώρα μας θα καταβάλει άμεσα 5,5 εκατ. ευρώ και επιπλέον 12.500 ευρώ για κάθε ημέρα καθυστέρησης από σήμερα - Το χρονικό της υπόθεσης.

www.kathimerini.gr

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Will Smiley @will-smiley.bsky.social · 11d

These images should live forever to sum up our era. It'll illustrate dozens of academic articles. Every single catch phrase and obsession of the DC-Dubai elite is there. You would think it's a parody by a leftist academic if you didn't know better.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11d

This is what Blair’s team created together with BCG

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Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · 2d

Ωραιότατο φαίνεται. Φαντάζομαι θα ξέρεις για αυτές τις κοινωνικές κατοικίες στη Βαυαρία. Ξέρω, τι κάθομαι και συγκρίνω, αυτές τις χρηματοδοτεί μια ζάμπλουτη οικογένεια κλπ, αλλά είναι μια κούκλα αυτό συγκρότημα. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...

Germany's Fuggerei is world's oldest social housing project – DW – 05/06/2022

Five hundred years after the Fuggerei estate was opened in Augsburg, the rents remain under €1, and diverse people facing financial hardship still have housing security.

www.dw.com

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Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · 2d

>> Part of the disputed procurements were financed through European Union funds, raising the likelihood of a criminal investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. If confirmed, this would mark the 2nd major EPPO case involving Greek local authorities after recycling equipment purchases.

Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · 2d

Greece’s National Transparency Authority is conducting a confidential investigation into alleged fraud and mismanagement in multimillion-euro contracts for digital water meters supplied to municipalities and local utilities. www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1283...

Watchdog probes alleged fraud in digital water meter contracts | eKathimerini.com

Greece’s National Transparency Authority (EAD) is conducting a confidential investigation into alleged fraud and mismanagement in multimillion-euro contracts for digital water meters supplied to munic...

www.ekathimerini.com

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 2d

FT: Under the new rules, foreign companies will need Chinese government approval to export products that contain even trace amounts of Chinese-sourced rare-earth minerals, or that were manufactured using the country’s rare-earth extraction, refining or magnet-making technology

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China unveils sweeping rare earth export controls to protect ‘national security’

Beijing is leveraging its dominant position in the critical minerals supply chain

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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 3d

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar | AP News apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d

Trump has been calling for his political opponents to be jailed from the beginning of his electoral career, dating to Hillary Clinton

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 3d

One of the big stories underway in Turkey is the process by which the ruling party is pulling in opposition leaders at both the municipal level and, more importantly, in parliament

It has both symbolic importance and direct political implications, moving TR towards a consolidated autocracy

dokuz8HABER @dokuz8haber.bsky.social · 3d

🔴 7 belediye başkanı AKP'ye katıldı: Rozetlerini Erdoğan taktı
www.dokuz8haber.net/7-belediye-b...

7 belediye başkanı AKP'ye katıldı: Rozetlerini Erdoğan taktı

Ardahan, Gümüşhane, Muş, Bingöl ve Giresun'dan 7 belediye başkanı AKP'ye katıldı. Erdoğan, Milletvekilleri Buluşması programında partiye katılan belediye başkanlarına rozetlerini taktı.

www.dokuz8haber.net

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Daphne Papadopoulou @daphnenews.bsky.social · 3d

Όχι ότι κάτι τέτοιο θα αρκούσε ή θα γινόταν αρκετά γρήγορα για να μετριάσει το πρόβλημα εκεί που έχει φτάσει σήμερα, το αναφέρω κυρίως επειδή ήταν ωραίες κατοικίες.

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